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hardware 21.02.2026

SpaceX is participating in a closed Pentagon tender to develop AI for voice‑controlled swarms of drones

New drone capabilities: SpaceX and xAI participate in Pentagon competition Recent military conflicts have shown how important unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various types have...

hardware 21.02.2026

A new era after an incomplete deal: Nvidia sold the remaining Arm shares for $40 billion

A Brief History of the Deal More than five years ago, Nvidia attempted to acquire British processor architecture manufacturer Arm for $40 billion, but antitrust authorities ultima...

hardware 21.02.2026

The United States has invested billions to become independent from China in rare earth resources, and the project could last for decades

China‑USA: Competition for Rare Earth Minerals 1. Why this is so important – China controls a large share of the world’s supply chains for rare earth elements (REEs) and actively...

hardware 21.02.2026

Machine builders are on the rise: profits of companies selling chip equipment have been increasing for eight consecutive quarters, driven by the rapid development of AI

Brief Overview of the Chip Equipment Market Metric Current Quarter Previous Quarter Average Revenue Growth for Equipment Suppliers >10 % (first time in 3 quarters) 8 % Revenue gro...

hardware 21.02.2026

Wavepiston will build a unique wave power plant in Barbados with a capacity of 50 MW, which does not yet exist anywhere in the world

Introduction A little over thirty years ago, the Danish company Wavepiston created an innovative modular system capable of simultaneously converting ocean wave energy into electri...

hardware 21.02.2026

Neuralink, a Chinese company, announced its first results: the patient was able to control a cursor in just five days after implant placement.

Chinese startup NeuroXess demonstrates rapid progress in brain implants NeuroXess’s new implant allows people with paralysis to control a computer cursor “by the power of thought....

hardware 21.02.2026

An engineer created a 10‑gram robotic bird that can spin up to 31 km/h and is controlled via a smartphone

French engineer Edwin Van Rymbek presented the new ornithopter drone “Strel” > *“Strel” (Swift) – a compact and lightweight aircraft capable of mimicking the flight of real birds...

hardware 21.02.2026

Scammers have infiltrated the Google search engine and are offering users fraudulent bank operator numbers.

How Scammers Use New “AI Reviews” from Google With the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, Google's main service is changing its output format: instead of familiar li...

hardware 21.02.2026

In Europe a new investigation has been launched regarding the indecent posts made by the AI bot Grok on the X network

Irish regulator launches large-scale investigation into X chat‑bot Grok *According to the Financial Times*, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the start of a maj...

hardware 21.02.2026

China has developed a three-dimensional holographic printer that fully prints models in less than a second

Chinese scientists have revolutionized 3‑D printing: an entire model is printed in half a second Printing on ordinary 3‑D printers often takes hours, sometimes even a full day. Su...

hardware 21.02.2026

Ford warns that car prices will rise when the AI memory cyber-crisis reaches the automotive industry

Short summary The memory shortage caused by shifting capacity to AI chip production is already starting to be felt in the automotive industry. Ford CFO Sherri House warned of a po...

hardware 21.02.2026

Graphics cards have risen in price by about 15% since November, with the most noticeable gains coming from the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5090.

GPU Market: Price Dynamics from November 2025 to February 2026 PlatformCountryMinimum price (November)Minimum price (February)% ChangeNvidia GeForce RTX 5070 TiUSA$1,000$1,250+25 ...